mumbaiUpdated: Dec 30, 2019 00:33 ISTThe two male tiger cubs of Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, which were heavily infested with porcupine quills, were treated by the forest department on Saturday evening, after a delay of more than two weeks. The cubs – T2C2 and T2C3 – aged around 10-11 months, were released into the wild on Sunday. During the second week of December, the cubs of a dominant female tigress, T2, of the Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, were found with quills on their body after they tried to attack a porcupine. The tigress too, had quills attached to its body, but she managed to remove most of the quills. “We are witnessing repeated cases in which tourists identify an issue, activists demand action, and then a lethargic forest department acts on it.

Source: Hindustan Times December 29, 2019 19:04 UTC